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Social Security Cases

  • Bowen v. Roy (1986)

Bowen v. Roy (1986) ruled that the government did not violate the First
Amendment by assigning a Native American a Social Security number for
welfare benefits.

  • United States v. Lee (1982)

The Supreme Court in 1982 declined to rule that religious liberty
guaranteed in the First Amendment allowed an Amish farmer to not pay Social
Security taxes on behalf of his workers because of his religious beliefs.
In United States v. Lee, the Court ruled it would be problematic to create
a religious liberty exception for taxes.

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The Free Speech Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit public policy center dedicated to building understanding of the five freedoms of the First Amendment through education, information and engagement.

freespeechcenter@mtsu.edu

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FEATURE POSTS

Stars and Stripes shows how government‑funded journalism can work – if it’s free to report the truth

‘Abortion trafficking’ law killed at federal level on First Amendment grounds

Local First Amendment auditor sues Kingsport, police over 2022 arrest

The press and the president: High-risk chess with much at stake

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